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Ohio Northern ONU (0-1-0, 0-0-0)
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Winner Kenyon KEN (1-0-0, 0-0-0)
Ohio Northern ONU
(0-1-0, 0-0-0)
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Final
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Kenyon KEN
(1-0-0, 0-0-0)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Ohio Northern ONU 0 1 1
Kenyon KEN 2 0 2
Luca Bilotto
David Carley

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Owls start off season with a home victory

GAMBIER, Ohio  -- The Kenyon College men's soccer team started its season off with a non-conference victory at home Tuesday afternoon. The Owls scored a pair of quick first-half goals and went on to beat Ohio Northern University 2-1 at Mavec Field.

Lucas de Alarcon and Luca Bilotto both scored in the opening 16 minutes for Kenyon. Goalkeeper Matthew Kayser made two saves to record the win.

The Owls got on the board quickly after an Ohio Northern turnover in the midfield created a numbers up advantage for Kenyon on offense. A redirected shot from Emmett Brown set up de Alarcon for a lower left corner finish just 13:45 into the game to put the Owls up 1-0. 

Kenyon then doubled the lead just two minutes later after another Ohio Northern midfield turnover caused the Owls to go on the run. This time, Bilotto, who caused the original turnover, used his speed and athleticism to power past the Polar Bear defense and drilled a shot from just inside the box into the bottom left corner, adding to the Owls leading score. 

Ohio Northern began to pick up some momentum at the end of the first half, but it wasn't until the 53rd minute that Landon Miller was able to sneak one past Kayser to cut the Owls lead to 2-1. 

The Owls would keep Ohio Northern at bay for the remainder of the game. Winning multiple aerial balls in a row, Kenyon was all over the field battling for 50/50 chances and causing the game momentum to swing in their favor. The Kenyon team was able to rotate many players in from the bench that continued to raise the level of play because of their experienced and skilled roster. The physicality and competitiveness of this game was well represented in the 21 total fouls and 8 yellow cards.

The Owls (1-0-0) will go on the road for their next game on Friday, September 4 at Anderson University, but will return home Sunday, September 6 for a 1:00 pm home game at Mavec versus Hanover College.
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Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring Team Scoring Play
13:45
KEN Lucas de Alarcon (1)
Assisted By: Emmett Brown
GOAL by KEN de Alarcon, Lucas Assist by Brown, Emmett.
15:44
KEN Luca Bilotto (1)
GOAL by KEN Bilotto, Luca.
53:48
ONU Landon Miller (1)
Assisted By: Miles Armstrong , Ignacio Ciotta
GOAL by ONU Miller, Landon Assist by Armstrong, Miles and Ciotta, Ignacio.

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